contributors - Ronda Racha Penrice
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Bayard Rustin: Black Americans can't ignore openly gay icon's contribution to civil rights movement
1:29 PM on 05/16/2012
OPINION - Bayard Rustin, who had worked with the original March in 1941, was a constant and steady force during the influential civil rights activities of the early 20th century. He was also openly gay...
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Dick Clark dead at 82: How the 'American Bandstand' host helped bring black music into the mainstream
9:41 AM on 04/19/2012
OPINION - Today, when black artists readily rise to pop acclaim, it's difficult to understand Dick Clark's pioneering significance in making this the norm...
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Albert Einstein passionately fought race prejudice, according to new and old docs
9:05 AM on 03/22/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Albert Einstein's greatness as a champion of human and civil rights for African-Americans as one of his greatest contributions to the world...
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Ashanti wants to make a comeback, but should she?
9:37 AM on 03/15/2012
OPINION - Despite Ashanti's record-setting accomplishments, she's never been particularly respected as an artist...
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Bobbi Kristina interview a missed opportunity for Oprah's OWN network
10:08 AM on 03/12/2012
OPINION - With so many eyeballs on the network last night for that exclusive interview, OWN should have foregone many of its commercials and seized the opportunity to promote promising new shows...
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Why are Oscar voters so white and so male?
12:03 PM on 02/21/2012
OPINION - It has long been an open secret that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a mostly white and male operation...
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Whitney Houston funeral livestream will bring closure for fans
8:31 AM on 02/16/2012
OPINION - Whitney Houston fans breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that her family had decided to live-stream her funeral set for Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark...
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Whitney Houston was the voice of the post-Civil Rights generation
11:24 PM on 02/11/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Whitney Houston was more than just a singer. For the post-Civil Rights generation, her voice represented the promise of a new day...
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Nicki Minaj and 'Marilyn Monroe': Is she perpetuating white female beauty standard?
9:10 AM on 02/07/2012
OPINION - Because it is Black History Month, Minaj's flaunting of her internalized white American standards of beauty stand out more.
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Don Cornelius suicide should stir up mental health debate in black community
1:57 PM on 02/02/2012
OPINION - As the nation reflects on Soul Train's incredible legacy and mourn the passing of its creator Don Cornelius, we cannot sweep his apparent suicide under the rug...
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Martin Luther King Day: 25 people who paved the way for MLK
6:00 AM on 01/16/2012
SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names but all contributed in great and small ways to the creation of a better nation and world...
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Drake's tattoo to Timbaland's heart: Aaliyah still idolized after all these years
11:22 AM on 12/27/2011
OPINION - Aaliyah, even as mysterious as she could be, never seemed closed off to anyone...
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How Common redefines slave roles on AMC's 'Hell on Wheels'
9:46 AM on 12/14/2011
OPINION - It's no secret that black audiences don't generally take kindly to roles that even reference slavery or servitude for that matter.
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How Wendy Williams took over Oprah's daytime TV throne
8:02 AM on 12/13/2011
OPINION - Few television experts pegged Wendy Williams as heir apparent to Oprah's vacant daytime television throne but Williams never doubted what she was working with...
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Amy Winehouse and the pitfalls of posthumous albums
10:23 AM on 12/07/2011
OPINION - The criticism that the posthumous releases from Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson have received is normal...
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Do we see Michael Jackson's kids as black or white?
6:08 AM on 12/03/2011
OPINION - In the past, ample comments have been made regarding the genetic unlikelihood that these three kids are Michael Jackson's spawn...
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AIDS Day powerfully personal for larger-than-life Alvin Ailey
9:56 AM on 12/01/2011
theGRIO REPORT - World AIDS Day is powerfully personal for the legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
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From Billboard hits to bankruptcy: TLC's slow downfall
9:22 AM on 11/29/2011
OPINION - It's sad that T-Boz has had to file bankruptcy once again. It's even sadder that this seems to be the reality for far too many music artists...
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Sandusky denials bring back bad MJ memories
10:03 AM on 11/16/2011
OPINION - What's disturbing about Sandusky's response Monday night and Jackson's responses in 2003, is that the inappropriateness of both men's actions seemed lost on them...
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Has the Conrad Murray trial hurt the Jackson brand?
10:00 AM on 11/08/2011
OPINION - Tragically losing any relative too soon is already hard but, when that relative is global superstar Michael Jackson, it's even more unimaginable...
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